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I thought the 'rowter' pronunciation re. computing was a purely American influence. In the UK at least, router (in a computing context) _does_ rhyme with hoote
by anoother 10y ago
I thought the 'rowter' pronunciation re. computing was a purely American influence.
In the UK at least, router (in a computing context) _does_ rhyme with hooter. It is, after all, something that routes traffic -- exactly like your first example.
A router pronounced 'rowter', on the other hand, is a device for cutting grooves in wood.
- Jedd 10y agoWhen you use the string 'row' to describe pronunciation, are you using it in the sense of 'to row a boat', or 'to get into a row with someone'?
- prodigal_erik 10y agoAmericans rhyme "route" (path) with "doubt" and "row" (paddle a boat) with "dough". If you are rhyming "row" (fight) with "cow", that's a word most Americans don't know.
- thaumasiotes 10y ago> Americans rhyme "route" (path) with "doubt" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYApJtsyd0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYApJtsyd0
- iopq 10y agoThe usual distinction is "to route" rhymes with "to doubt" and the word "route" is pronounced like "root". Some people also use the verb pronunciation for the noun as well.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoThat distinction exists only in your own mind, and likely not even there. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/route http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/route Contrast http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/legitimate http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/legiti... , which correctly notes that the adjective and verb are pronounced differently.
- ams6110 10y agoI most often hear: Route 66 -> sounds like root My usual route to work -> rhymes with doubt Can someone reset the router -> rhymes with doubter.
- icambron 10y agoTurns out, we're really inconsistent! http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_26.html http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_26....
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- iopq 10y agoRouter as in the hardware always rhymes with doubter. I have never heard any other pronunciation for it. Route as a verb in IT always rhymes with doubt. In other meanings the pronunciations vary.
- Jedd 10y ago> Router as in the hardware always rhymes with doubter. > I have never heard any other pronunciation for it. Neither had I, until I lived in the UK. I'm Australian, and we use the owl sounding router. In the UK, it's very much a rooter sounding router. Always funny, as here in AU root is slang for the act of copulation. The pronunciation made Akamai's SureRoute product especially droll.
- anoother 10y agoSorry, I can see that was unclear. 'to get into a row with someone'